Fridge Odour

G'day Mik & Al

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A google turns up the usual things to try, this site may give you a few more idea's,

Would it have been possible for the leak to have got in around the fridge behind the panelling?

good luck with it

We always use a vanilla spray made for cleaning fridges, available from supermarkets.

We learnt a long time ago that anything that is carried in those type of cartons is not suitable when you travel on a lot of corrugations, the bottoms always wear and leak.

There are plenty of dried milk powders available these days that mix up quite well, we always have a couple of packets in the pantry of the van for use when fresh supplies are not available.

Paul.

About half way through a five month trip we had rice packaging wear through - not hard to clean up. Then a bottle of cordial split - very sticky situation, but clean-up helped by the detergent that somehow fell over and leaked in the same storage cupboard LOL.
Sure teaches you how NOT to pack.

You may need to do major removal of appliances if you dont have success with the vanilla spray etc.
JW

we had the same problen twice once with milk and once with a brocken egg what happened was it ran down the door in behind the seal on the door as you couldnt remove the seal on our fridge we had to buy new fridge doors we tried every conceivable method but the newdoor was the only way to fix it

Hi Mik n Al

We had a power problem - eventually found to be faulty solar panels - which caused fridge to play up. We turned it off not long after going fishing at Kalumburu. The smell was terrible when we got to Kununurra. When all else failed (and i can't stand the smell of vanilla), i tried to buy Nil Odour. Eventually found some at the IGA. It is in a tiny green bottle, and a drop or two in a quantity of water does help if you can get to the source. That may be a problem in your case. Our internal freezer has a sponge lining on the door which is not removable so that is where the smell persisted for longest. I put a cup of water with a drop of Nil Odour in the freezer for a few days. If it is from spilt milk i find the smell does go with time.

Worth trying Nil Odour if you can get it in Darwn.

Motherhen

Have you tried blowing through the water removal point in the bottom of the fridge (usually at the back on the right hand side). Also check that the pipe draining this point is not blocked. I use a bit of clear plastic tubing and place it over the escape hole and blow the stuff out. Then a couple of drops of vanilla essence down the hole generally fixes it.
Len